Raison d’être
(This was the initial post I made on my original blog, Loco Parentis. Later, when my partner died and I made a discovery about myself the title was changed as it was not just parents I was mourning...
View Article‘Memory, is the diary that we all carry about with us’…
All very well Mr Wilde, but memories fade, get twisted or forgotten. How I took for granted chatting with Mama about my childhood and Papa only to realise that when she too died, I was suddenly left as...
View Article‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’
Actually, I don’t think it is at all. Each year it all seems to me less and less Christmassy in the UK but maybe that is because of my personal circumstances; maybe it is a byproduct of getting older...
View Article‘The Whicker Legend’
No ingenious comments, no deep analysis. Simply have to say RIP Alan Whicker, who died today. Legendary journalist and all round gentleman. Always chic, wearing a suit and tie; ever ready with a witty...
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